Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile delinquency refers to the predisposition to and indulgence in criminal or unlawful activities by children under the age of 18.
Family factors, such as strained family relationships and lack of family cohesion, are important sources of delinquency .
Broken, dysfunctional homes have been associated with delinquency, but are no worse than, and sometimes not as detrimental as, intact but unhappy or disturbed family relationships.